Former Horseshoe Bay Resort restaurant staff face theft ring charges
FROM STAFF REPORTS HORSESHOE BAY — Investigators filed organized theft charges against four former Horseshoe…
Crime & Courtrooms
Cops: Fatal street brawl started with argument, assault at Marble Falls eatery
STAFF WRITER CONNIE SWINNEY MARBLE FALLS — A street brawl that left a man dead…
Man struck and killed by vehicle after Marble Falls street brawl
FROM STAFF REPORTS MARBLE FALLS — Police are investigating the death of a man struck…
Granite Shoals police cite stolen car, alcohol in report following fatal crash
FROM STAFF REPORTS GRANITE SHOALS — An 18-year-old Granite Shoals man who died following a…
Granite Shoals man dies in crash during police pursuit
FROM STAFF REPORTS GRANITE SHOALS — An 18-year-old Granite Shoals man died Oct. 19 in…
Las Vegas massacre prompts call for Texans to report suspicious activity
FROM STAFF REPORTS AUSTIN – In light of the Las Vega attack, law enforcement in…
Marble Falls man indicted in July 4 crosswalk death
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — A Burnet County grand jury indicted a man on three…
UPDATE: Man killed in RR 1431 crash involving reported stolen car ID’d
UPDATE: The man driving the reported stolen vehicle, who was killed in the Sept. 5…
Buyers beware when purchasing cars off social media sites
STAFF REPORTS AUSTIN – More than a dozen car purchase scams stemming from transactions on…
Burnet police suspect rash of car burglaries tied to drug trade
STAFF WRITER CONNIE SWINNEY BURNET — Police fear a string of recent vehicle burglaries could…
Burnet gas station latest target in card skimmer cases
STAFF WRITER CONNIE SWINNEY BURNET — Authorities have ramped up their search for suspects in…
Police: Man arrested on DWI charge after US 281 pedestrian death
EDITOR’S NOTE: The accused is identified as Jimmy “Richard” Lerma as Burnet County Jail…
PEC warns customers of survey scam, offers protection tips
FROM STAFF REPORTS JOHNSON CITY — Officials with Pedernales Electric Cooperative are warning members of…
Police search for clues in tree poisoning case at Blair’s Western Wear in Marble Falls
STAFF WRITER CONNIE SWINNEY MARBLE FALLS — A business owner has offered a $5,000 reward…
Judge denies man early probation release in Lake Buchanan boating hit-and-run death
STAFF WRITER CONNIE SWINNEY BURNET — A state district judge on July 14 denied a…
Burnet Chamber warns people about potential phone scam asking for personal info
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — The Burnet Chamber of Commerce is cautioning people and businesses…
DPS team reconstructs pedestrian crosswalk death in Marble Falls
STAFF WRITER CONNIE SWINNEY MARBLE FALLS — The Texas Department of Public Safety on July…
Crashes put big dent in Bertram police fleet
STAFF WRITER CONNIE SWINNEY BERTRAM — Authorities made an emergency purchase of a new police…
Witnesses tell police driver ran stop sign in pedestrian death in Marble Falls
STAFF WRITER CONNIE SWINNEY MARBLE FALLS — Investigators are trying to determine the circumstances that…
Pedestrian hit by truck and killed July 4 in Marble Falls
FROM STAFF REPORTS MARBLE FALLS — A 60-year-old Spring Branch woman died after a pickup truck…
Police: Several ID theft victims in Johnson City credit card skimmer case
STAFF WRITER CONNIE SWINNEY JOHNSON CITY — Authorities are investigating a string of identification theft…
Burnet woman gets 10 years in prison for intoxication assault in 2016
FROM STAFF REPORTS BURNET — A state district judge sentenced a Burnet woman to 10…
Granite Shoals man accused of sexually abusing teen girl
STAFF WRITER CONNIE SWINNEY GRANITE SHOALS — A Granite Shoals man faces several charges related…
Authorities investigate ‘domestic disturbance’ shooting in Tow
STAFF REPORTS TOW — A woman’s condition is improving after she suffered a gunshot wound…